Chicken Ranch Taco's

We are huge fans of Taco’s in our house – a post to come I’m sure – we usually just do the Plain Jane ground beef but we spiced it up a bit last night. I would say it was a success.

Chicken Ranch Taco’s

Ingredients:

1 box hard taco shells (the Stand N Stuff one’s work perfect for this)

3 C cut up deli rotisserie chicken

1 pkg taco seasoning (due to the fact that we hate this – we substituted 1 tbs  Montreal steak seasoning – our favorite)

3/4 C ranch (I made homemade Café Rio-esque dressing – divine! Find here)

 Any desired toppings: cheddar cheese, lettuce, salsa, extra ranch, tomatoes, jalapenos, etc.

Directions:

Heat oven to 325 and heat shells as directed on the box.

Coat chicken with seasoning and microwave until hot – stir in dressing (you can do this before you head it up as well if you want it all warm)

Spoon chicken mix into taco shells and top as desired (I topped with cheese and put back in the oven to melt it before adding the other toppings)

Enjoy!

These are super easy – even with making the dressing and cutting up the chicken it took maybe 35 min start to finish.

Not Quite but Close

This isn't an exact duplicate of the Cafe Rio dressing - but it is close enough for me and we love it (thanks to Amy for perfecting this for us).

Sometimes I think I could just drink this – it makes everything taste better and is actually a danger to have in the fridge. But man do I love it.

Café Rio-esque Dressing

Ingredients:

3 tomatillos

1 jalapeno

1 packet Ranch dressing mix

1-2 cloves garlic

1/2 cup mayo

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 tsp paprika

Cilantro to taste

Directions:

In a blender, blend the tomatillas and then strain the juices out.

Add everything else and blend until smooth.

Due to the produce in this – you may have to adjust the amounts according to taste.